Scientists Assaulting God: Can Evolution be a Religion?
Impressive scientific progress has spawned new preachers in the centuries since crowds sat spellbound under the judgmental voice of Jonathan Edwards. Like their traditional counterpart, the new preachers speak with great confidence that their religion -- science -- contains all the truth we need to know and all the truth that can be known. They call us to worship at the altar of science, a summons that is both peculiar and alarming.
Tuesday, 3 March 2009, at 7:00 pm. Students receive chapel credit for this talk.
Location: Hostetter Chapel Sanctuary, Messiah College, Grantham, PA. Directions and a campus map are here http://www.messiah.edu/visitors/direction.html.
Karl Giberson is one of the leading science-and-religion scholars today. He has lectured broadly at many institutions, including Oxford University, the Vatican, and the Harvard Club of New York. Dr. Giberson is the author of four books examining the tensions between Darwinism and creationism. His most recent book, Saving Darwin, has been featured and reviewed by such publications as Newsweek, Foxnews , The Boston Phoenix, Christianity Today, and Salon.com. It was recently recognized by The Washington Post in their "Best of 2008" list and currently holds a spot on the Stonehill College faculty's recommended reading list. In addition. Giberson has written numerous articles for print and online publications, including Discover, Perspectives on Science & Faith, Books & Culture, and Zygon. He has been quoted in a variety of journals, including a recent citation in Slate Magazine. Giberson is vice-president of the BioLogos Foundation, where he works closely with Francis Collins on programs promoting the compatibility of evolution and Christianity. For further information, go to http://www.karlgiberson.com/Site/Welcome.html.
NOTE: The Forum reading group, which meets monthly, is presently reading Oracles of Science: Celebrity Scientists versus God and Religion, which Giberson wrote with the late Mariano Artigas. The group will also have dinner with Dr. Giberson immediately prior to this lecture. For more information, see the Forum web page (below) or contact Dr. Ted Davis (tdavis@messiah.edu)
The Central Pennsylvania Forum for Religion and Science, based at Messiah College, has been made possible in part by a Local Societies Initiative grant (http://www.metanexus.net/lsi) of the Metanexus Institute (www.metanexus.net). For details about all Forum events, please visit http://www.messiah.edu/godandscience/ or contact Dr. Ted Davis (tdavis@messiah.edu), 717-766-2511, ext 6840.
